21 Movies 'This Is Us' Fans Should Stream, As Long As You're Prepared To Shed Some Tears

Tuesday nights at 10 P.M., you can bet that everyone you know and their parents are sitting in front of the television watching This Is Us. The hit family drama, now in its second season, is a bonafide phenomenon, known for it's uncanny ability to make you laugh, cry, and then cry some more. But, alas, there's only so much This Is Us fans can watch, and that's why this list of 21 movies to stream if you love This Is Us is so necessary.

Only 31 episodes of This Is Us have aired, which in marathoning terms translates to roughly three to four days. But even a die-hard fan can't just watch those 31 episodes on a loop. For one thing, humans are physically incapable of producing that many tears. For another, it's just never going to be enough. So, in favor of giving your red, puffy eyes a break from crying and giving you a new family or drama to get invested in, these 21 movies are here for you. Running the gambit from family drama to romantic comedy and coming-of-age, each of these films share a few key themes with This Is Us, making them a perfect compliment to the show. Nothing can truly replace a night with the Pearsons, but these movies for This Is Us fans are just about as close as fans can to get.

2'Moonlight' — Amazon Prime

It would be easy to think that the only thing Moonlight has in common with This Is Us is that it's told over multiple time periods and features three actors playing the same character as he grows up. But the movie also shares similar themes of self-acceptance and reckoning with the past.

Watch if: Randall, Kevin, and Kate are your favorite characters, and you love to feel all the emotions.

4'Boyhood' — Netflix

Boyhood, the groundbreaking film that was shot in short installments over more than a decade allowing for its star to grow up on film, is truly the closest thing fans will ever get to a This Is Us movie.

7'Lion' — Netflix

Based on a true story, Lion follow's one boy's journey as he gets separated from his mother in India as a boy and ends up adopted by an Australian family. It's also guaranteed to make you cry as much as the entire first season of This Is Us.

8'Collateral Beauty' — HBO

At its heart, especially in Season 2, This Is Us is about family and it's about grief, two things also at the center of Collateral Beauty, a Will Smith tear-jerker about a man struggling to recover from the death of his daughter.

16'Manchester By The Sea' — Amazon Prime

Grief is front and center in the Oscar-winning drama Manchester By The Sea. The movie is about a man who finds himself forced to confront a tragic past when his brother dies, leaving him custody of his teenage nephew.

Watch if: a) you can still watch Casey Affleck, and b) you just want to give Kevin Pearson a hug.

17'Creed' — Amazon Prime

Sylvester Stallone guest starred on This Is Us, so it's only fair one of his films lands on the list. Creed, a new take on the famous Rocky franchise, features Stallone at his best and delves into the same father-son themes present in This Is Us.

Watch if: Randall and William are your everything.

18'My Sister's Keeper' — HBO

There's nothing that will guarantee sobbing quite like a movie about a kid with cancer. My Sister's Keeper is about a family grappling with the terminal illness of their teenage daughter, and the sister that's always been by her side.

21'Loving' — HBO

If there's a movie relationship that rivals the love of Jack and Rebecca, it's Loving. The Pearsons might be a shinning example of true love, but the Lovings literally shifted how the United States views marriage and love.

Watch if: you think Jack and Rebecca are #Goals.

Now, none of these movies will tell you how Jack died, but they might take your mind off of the mystery, at least for a little while.